Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Visually Complex Maps

http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

A friend sent me the above link last night, and I found it very interesting. The site centers around visualizing complex networks. From Protein complexes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to CIA World Factbook Visualization. The maps are very complex which is not exactly what i want for my project, but in thinking about the types of networks that people will have, those systems (visually) could be complex. Seeing this site and being able to see a visual representation of many networks that you may not think of as networks, allows room for thought about how Experispace's network could be linked.

Obv. there are many threads, Everyone who grew up in a certain town to everyone who learned how to ride a bike on Nov. 7, 1990. My project isn't aiming at being complex, on the contrary, but i think it is important to see how systems are networked when you are creating your own.


visualization of the amount of pedestrians in a given area. Thought this was similar to the type of networking that would be happening in my project. The similiarity of imprints on a space.

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